A pre-season message from the junior head coach reflecting on winter nets so far and previewing the upcoming season.

The 2018 season is finally here!

It's been great to see so many of you attending the winter training sessions on Tuesday and Friday evenings at North Kent college (details of which you can find here).

Myself, Ron and my team of coaches have worked hard to provide challenging yet fun training sessions and it’s been great to see so many make great progress in their game over the last few weeks. I look forward to seeing this pay-off during the season!

On that note it's been great to see so many parents step forward to take the relevant qualifications to help us out next summer with a busy schedule of fixtures. If you'd be interested in doing the same, please let us know and we can help get you going in the right direction.

It's important to remember the junior teams are run by volunteers like yourselves – without them your children will not be able to play cricket this summer. We don’t require master tacticians just a bit of willing and a smile!

On that note the team of hard working volunteers that run the tuckshop are also looking for some extra help to ensure they can open up at all the different grounds. If you could spare a few hours selling teas, coffees and sweets whilst enjoying the cricket please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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You will have seen last week's email about the new club shop and it would be great for all our young players to be in Dartford shirts and enjoying playing together as a team.

Whilst Wilmington and Waller Park will be used as our grounds for junior fixtures, we intend to allow each junior team to have at least one game at Hesketh Park (like last season) which will be a worthwhile experience for our juniors to make use of one of the top facilities in Kent.

As ever I encourage you to keep a look out on our social media pages for regular updates about the Club which will include training updates, particularly important due to the effects of the ‘Beast from the East’ in the last few days!

Once the fixtures are confirmed they will be added to our website on the following link - make sure you save the dates!

The next key date for your diary will be the Club signing-on day, further details of which will be released when confirmed.

I'll be sending another communication just before the start of the season to give you a further update but in the meantime, I’d encourage your sons and daughters to continue to work hard at training to become better cricketers.